DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The President and the Protests: plans for largest-in-history inaugural demonstrations kick into high gear as more than 300,000 Americans prepare to descend on the Capitol, while a court imposes… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump bashed New York Times, again, Facebook seeks to censor news in China, and more. More
Harassment of Prominent Azerbaijani Investigative Journalist Khadija Ismayilova Continues
NEW YORK—Prominent Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova continues to face surveillance, official harassment, and a travel ban as retribution for her reports on government corruption and her advocacy on… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wednesday, October 26
Facebook targets Palestinian accounts, Yahoo scanning order unlike to be made public, Azerbaijan sentences youth activist, and more. More
A Thank You from Khadija Ismayilova
On May 25, 2016, Khadija Ismayilova, winner of the 2015 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, was released on probation and granted a suspended sentence in a Supreme Court… More
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Free Expression Daily Digest: Wed., May 25
PEN's Free Expression Digest brings you a daily curated round-up of the most important free expression-related stories from around the web. Please send your feedback and suggestions to [email protected] Journalist… More
Azerbaijan: Free prisoners before Baku Grand Prix race
The Formula One Group leadership should urge the Azerbaijani government to release unjustly imprisoned activists and journalists ahead of the European Grand Prix in Azerbaijan, said the Sport for… More
Azerbaijan: Authorities Detain Writer at Airport in Attack on Free Expression
NEW YORK—Azerbaijani authorities’ detention of writer Akram Aylisli at Baku airport last week showcases the government’s continuing quashing of the right to free expression in the central Asian nation,… More
Joint Statement on the Release of 15 Azeri Political Prisoners & those that Remain in Jail
Sport for Rights coalition's joint statement on the release of 15 Azerbaijani political prisoners and those, like 2015 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write winner Khadija Ismayilova, that remain in… More
No Diplomacy
Illustrated PEN guest editor and New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly on the plight of journalist Khadija Ismayilova, recipient of the 2015 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. More
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